Friday, October, 23, 2009
Causes Of Addictive Behavior
December 16, 2008
A new study suggests that sugar may be as addictive as hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin. Researchers at Princeton studied binge eating and addiction in rats and found that when the animals ate large amounts of sugar there were chemical changes in the brain that mirrored the type that happen when addicts use drugs. When the sugar was taken from the rats researchers found that they grew anxious and experienced symptoms of withdrawal. Experts say that not everyone is capable of being a "sugar ...
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Expert & Community Posts
By Amy Hendel
,
Health Expert
...unacceptable actions?? Here's the scoop. Sex addiction can vary widely in terms of the...
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By Jerry Kennard
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Health Expert
...signed himself in for voluntary treatment of sexual addiction, he must have sensed the...
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By Anne Mitchell
,
Health Expert
...something I desired, but something I had to have. The addiction had taken hold. The tobacco...
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By Anne Mitchell
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Health Expert
...post, Smoking and Alcoholism - How to Fight Multiple Addictions, I mentioned there are reports...
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By Jim Christopher
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Health Expert
...wish to complete my introduction, dear smoker-in-addiction and smoker-in-recovery, by sharing...
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Health Guide
Sexual
addiction, sometimes also called sexual compulsion or sexual dependency, is “any sexually-related compulsive behavior, which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family,...
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...pornography with the click of a button, they can access more extreme sexual content easily. Pornography
addiction is seen more often in males than in females, although this certainly does...
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Sexual and pornography
addiction can wreck havoc on the life of the addict. But the addict is not the only person affected by their actions. The spouse, or partner, also feels pain. Besides dealing...
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...relief is the widespread misunderstanding of the difference between physical dependence on a drug and
addiction. Many patients, the general public, and sadly even some physicians fear that...
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...Associated Press reports, Californication star David Duchovny has been admitted to a rehab clinic for sex
addiction. The married American actor, who plays a sex-obsessed womaniser on the racy...
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Medications
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit-forming). Do not increase... Read more »
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit-forming). Do not increase... Read more »
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit forming). Do not increase... Read more »
...very unlikely, abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction) is possible with this medication.... Read more »
...can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit forming). Do not increase... Read more »
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